In message <20041018173655.39462.qmail@web60906.mail.yahoo.com>, Sharon Pilkington <ssusmol@yahoo.ca> writes >Dower -dowry. Here's a link. It pertains to Canada, but it should suffice as an >explaination. dowry is what the father gives with his daughter on marriage. Dower is her right to a cut when the husband dies (and she is a dowager). Subtle difference, though the second may be settled when the first is handed over. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society